Paper seat-covering distributing device for hygienic pans



Oct. 23, 1956 R. BACC! 2,

PAPER' SEAT-COVERING DISTRIBUTING DEVICE FOR HYGIENIC PANS Filed Feb. 26, 1952 United States P m PAPER SEAT-normalise DEVICE FOR HYGIENIC PANS he p se in nti n e es t a ev f r distri utns Pap r e t-co er su or hy i nic bow and has as its primary object the elimination of the inconvenience attaching to the use of such bowls, both from the sanita-ry standpoint and from that of the wear of the cover of wood or synthetic material serving as the seat of such bowls.

Some appliances have already been designed for this purpose but some of them involve complications in fabrication, while others do not satisfy the requirements of efiicient and trouble-free operation.

This invention relates to a paper seat-covering distributing device, of an improved character, very simple construction and characterized by comfortable and safe operation.

The accompanying drawing illustrates an improved device according to the present invention, i. e.:

Fig. 1 is an axial section of the rear portion of a seat and its respective cover containing the paper seat-covering sheets, such cover being shown resting upon the seat;

Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of the assembly of Fig. 1 but illustrates the cover in lifted position with the closing wall thereof partly removed, in position for changing the seat-covering sheet pack or for inspection;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view of a small portion of the roller comprising, the control element for the successive feed of the seat-covering paper sheets; and

Fig. 4 shows in detail and on an enlarged scale a portion of the preferred embodiment of the roller cover of F ig. 3.

As is shown in the drawing, the cover equipped seat according to this invention comprises, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, a seat 1, which may be made of wood or other suitable material, connected by hinge 2 with a stationary base element or support 3, which also serves to pivotally support the cover of seat 1 as at 4.

Said cover is double walled and the supply pack 5 of seat-covering paper sheets is arranged inside it,

More particularly, said cover comprises a box-like lid element 6 representing the body of the cover and a lower cover element 7 extending along a box-like portion 8, which can also rotate about the two aligned pivots 4, arranged at the ends of base 3, Roller 9 is fitted upon the portion 8 of cover element 7 and it can rotate around spindle 10, having the object of controlling the successive feed from the housing defined by elements 67 of one seat-covering sheet at a time from supply pack 5.

Spindle of roller 9 extends externally of cover 6 and terminates, at least at one side thereof, in a control knob or handwheel (not illustrated), which, being adapted for manipulation by the person wishing to use seat 1, will upon a few turns thereof cause one of the paper seat-covering sheets contained in pack 5 to emerge from housing 6, 7 into exactly aligned position upon seat 1.

Supply pack 5 comprising the seat-covering paper sheets may be made up and arranged in any desired manner.

Supply pack 5 is preferably arranged and fastened upon 2,767,409 Patented Oct. 23,1195? Ice 2 the inside wall of the main housing element 6 and the lower surfaces of said seat-covering sheets will be kept in contact with roller 9 by means of a guiding element 11, fastened to element 6 and pressed byleaf spring '12 into a position of operative contact against roller 9.

From the above description it will be understood that the construction of the device of the present invention is extremely simple and sturdy and insures positive and safe operation of the device, Moreover, this appliance makes it also extremely simple and easy to replace at the inside of housing 67 the pack 5 of seat-covering paper sheets, since, for this operation, it is suflicient (while cover 6 is in its raised position, as shown in Fig. 2) to rotate the lower cover element 7 of said housing about pivots 4 and bring said wall as well as roller Sl 'fi tted thereon, to the position shown in Fig. 2, whereby a new pack 5 can be arranged within lid element 6, by inserting the holes with which it is equipped upon suitable supports provided therefor. After having carried out this simple operation, lower cover element 7 is brought into closed operative position (see Fig. 1) and the device is ready for use.

The operation of the above described appliance is as follows:

At the time of use, it will be sufiicient to bring housing 67 into the raised position shown in Fig. 2, simultaneously leaving lower cover element 7 in substantially closed position relative to cover 6.

Roller 9 will then be caused to rotate in clockwise direct-ion by actuating a handwheel fitted upon spindle 10 and not shown in the drawing, and, due to the effect of friction and to the nature of'the surface of said roller, which will be described hereinafter, the upper sheet of pack 5 will be carried along and caused to slide in such a way as to come out of slit 12' defined between extension 13 of lid element 6 of the cover, and portion 8 of cover element 7. In other words, by simple manipulation of said handwheel, after a certain number of turns, said seat-covering paper sheet will assume its properly disposed position upon the seat, which will therefore be ready for use. The safe operation of the above de scribed appliance is attributable, in addition to the described arrangement of housing 6, 7, to the particular shape of jacket 9' of roller 9, which jacket may be of rubber or another high-friction material.

More specifically, the surface of roller 9 is covered with a jacket or layer 9' of rubber or similar flexible resilient material having a plurality of small projections which exert upon contacting the paper sheet a cupping action or suction insuring uniform contact of said jacket 9' with the seat-covering paper, thereby guaranteeing an even motion of the paper sheets along the entire width of said roller corresponding to the seat width.

Roller or cylinder 9 has, in other words, a plurality of small projections 14 on the surface thereof, said projections having preferably, a circular or polygonal contour, and being distributed in any desired pattern, upon the surface of cylinder 9. For example, as is clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, projections 14 have an hexagonal contour and are arranged in successively offset rows.

Of course, all constructive details of the above described device may be varied in certain aspects without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A dispensing device for mounting on a support and for intermittently and successively feeding individual disposable seat covers from a stack thereof to a toilet seat comprising a substantially horizontal shaft arranged on said support, a cover element, a lid element mounted for pivotal movement about said shaft, said cover element complementing said lid element and forming together therewith a housing for retaining said stack of seat' covers therein and disposed for moving said housing relative to said seat about the axis of said shaft, said housing being provided with a slit extending substantially parallel to said shaft and directed rearwardly of said seat when said seat is covered by said housing, a roller movably mounted within said housing and adjacent said stack of seat covers and provided with a plurality of surface projections for gripping one of said seat covers, and spring means on said lid element for urging said stack of seat covers against said roller, whereby upon moving said lid and said cover element forming said housing about said shaft to uncover said seat said slit is directed forwardly of said roller and toward said seat so that rotation of said roller will move said one seat cover from said stack for dispensing directly to the surface of said seat in properly aligned position.

2. A dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein said cover element is removably secured within said lid element, said rollerbeing provided with an actuating spindle projecting through said cover element, said lid element being provided with a corresponding notch, whereby said cover element may be separated from said lid element for replenishing said stack of seat covers within said housing.

3. A dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein said slit is defined by a pairof complementary guides disposed on said lid element and said cover element, respectively.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said projections of said roller element are circular in contour and distributed over the entire surface of said roller element.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein said projections of said roller element are polygonal in contour and distributed over the entire surface of said roller.

References Cited inthe file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Germany June 13, 1892 

